Identification of the onchocerciasis vector in the Kakoi-Koda focus of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• Main Authors: Rory J Post (Author), Anne Laudisoit (Author), Michel Mandro (Author), Thomson Lakwo (Author), Christine Laemmer (Author), Kenneth Pfarr (Author), Achim Hoerauf (Author), Pablo Tortosa (Author), Yann Gomard (Author), Tony Ukety (Author), Claude Mande (Author), Lorne Farovitch (Author), Uche Amazigo (Author), Didier Bakajika (Author), David W Oguttu (Author), Naomi Awaca (Author), Robert Colebunders (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>The objective of this study was to characterise the vector in a small hyper-endemic focus of onchocerciasis (the Kakoi-Koda focus) which has recently been discovered on the western slopes of the rift valley above Lake Albert.<h4>Methodology/principal findings<...